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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Northwestern is ranked higher than several Ivies - Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell. But push comes to shove, I think most students would choose the Ivy.[/quote]

I understand Columbia over Northwestern but nobody is picking Cornell or Dartmouth over it - only the people desperate to say they go to “an Ivy.”[/quote]

Those who prefer to be in NYC, yes to Columbia. But Northwestern is the clear choice vs. Brown, Dartmouth and  Cornell. [/quote]

Yes, maybe to those of you writing from your house in Loudoun County.  But try to realize that there is an entire class of people out there that don't make admissions decisions based on the latest iteration of US News.

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I live in Manhattan, sent both my kids to “elite” prep schools, and would pick Chicago & Northwestern over Cornell, Dartmouth, and Chicago over Brown. This isn’t because of whatever list USNWR has created, and it’s weird you assume people from the suburbs default to USNWR while people in cities think Ivies reign supreme. Many of my kids’ friends picked USNWR T10s over Ivies; the Ivy label of the so-called “lower Ivies” doesn’t hold up against those schools in a head-to-head.[/quote]

I don't believe you for a minute.  And nobody is picking Chicago from a top private.  You can be totally middle of the pack and still get in there.  Which you would know if you were who you say you are. [/quote]

PP. I am well aware that Chicago goes deeper into the class at some elite prep schools. That doesn’t mean it’s inferior to Cornell, Dartmouth, or Brown, because I don’t see universities solely through their admissions tactics. I also have concrete evidence of Cornell, Dartmouth, and Northwestern admitting kids with 3.4 and 3.5 gpas. Clearly, you can be “totally middle of the pack” and get in there as well. And you claiming that “nobody is picking Chicago from a top private” leads me to believe that you are external to the elite prep schools circles. I think you’re probably a striver mom with sour grapes after your DC was shut out of the T20 a few days ago. Boohoo![/quote]

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